Seasonal and hormonal modulation of neurotransmitter systems in the song control circuit

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 82-95

  Ball, Gregory F ^a   Balthazart, Jacques ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; DSP 4; Norepinephrine; Seasonal changes; Singing behavior; Song control system; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CATECHOLAMINE; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; IMMEDIATE EARLY PROTEIN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; NORADRENALIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELL SURVIVAL; HIGH VOCAL CENTER; HORMONAL REGULATION; LEARNING; MEDIAL PREOPTIC AREA; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGING; SONGBIRD; SPARROW; STARLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TERRITORIALITY; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOPAMINE; HORMONES; NERVE NET; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NOREPINEPHRINE; SEASONS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 75349107255     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2009.08.005     Document Type: Review

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